UNIVERSITY   OF   ILLINOIS 
COLLEGE    OF   AGRICULTURE 

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IZaLlIsc 

195-0 


SCHOLARSHIP 
REGULATIONS 

APPLYING  TO 

UNDERGRADUATE 
STUDENTS 


THE  LIDRARY  OF  THE 

DEC  2 11940 

UNIVt.lSiTY  OF  ILLINOIS 

URBANA,  ILLINOIS 
1950 


SCHOLARSHIPXSa/J 
REGULATIONS    ^"^^^ 


CREDITS  AND  GRADES 

AS  MEASURES  OF  PROGRESS 

IN  COLLEGE 

All  colleges  find  it  necessary  to  establish 
standards  of  successful  performance.  Se- 
mester hours  and  grade  points  are  the  gen- 
erally accepted  criteria  of  progress,  although 
it  is  recognized  that  there  are  values  in  college 
life  which  are  not  so  measured. 

The  faculty  of  the  College  of  Agriculture 
has  approved  the  following  regulations  to  pro- 
vide recognition  for  superior  performance  and 
to  establish  remedial  action  in  cases  in  which 
the  level  of  performance  is  not  commensurate 
with  the  expenditure  of  time  and  money  by 
the  student  and  the  provision  of  facilities  and 
faculty  by  the  University. 

PROGRAM  OF  WORK 

A  normal  program  of  courses  consists  of  15 
to  18  semester  hours.  Permission  to  register 
for  more  than  18  or  less  than  15  semester 
hours  may  be  granted  by  the  Associate  Dean. 
(In  Home  Economics  the  head  of  the  depart- 
ment may  act  for  the  Associate  Dean.)  Stu- 
dents who  must  work  at  gainful  employment 
and  those  observing  reduced  schedules  upon 
the  advice  of  a  physician  should  take  fewer 
than  15  hours  a  semester.  Only  students  who 
have  demonstrated  above-average  capacity  for 
college  work  should  take  more  than  18  semes- 
ter hours.  Graduation  from  agricultural  cur- 
ricula requires  130  semester  hours  including 
military    and    physical    education    courses.    In 

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home  economics  curricula  the  requirement  is 
120-124  semester  hours  exclusive  of  basic 
physical  education  courses. 

DEFINITION  OF   GRADES 

Grades  are:  A  =  excellent,  B  =  good,  C  =  fair, 
D  =  passing  but  not  satisfactory,  E  =  failure, 
W  =  withdrawn,  Ab  =  absent,  and  Ex  =  ex- 
cused. The  grade  of  "Ex"  indicates  that  the 
student  has  been  excused  from  the  examina- 
tion by  the  Associate  Dean  and  has  the  privi- 
lege of  taking  the  examination  and  of  com- 
pleting the  course  during  the  next  regular 
semester  for  which  he  registers.  If  the  student 
fails  to  complete  the  course  during  the  semes- 
ter for  which  he  next  registers,  the  grade 
"Ex"  is  automatically  changed  to  "E."  The 
grade  "Ab"  indicates  an  unexcused  absence 
from  the  final  examination  and  amounts  to  a 
failure  unless  properly  cleared  with  the  Asso- 
ciate Dean. 

For  the  purpose  of  computing  averages,  the 
letter  grades  are  given  the  following  grade- 
point  value:  A  =  5,  B  =  4,  C  =  3,  D  =  2, 
E=l. 

GRADES  REQUIRED   FOR 
GRADUATION 

A  minimum  average  of  3.0  for  graduation 
shall  be  required  of  all  students  entering  the 
University  after  October  1,  1947.  The  average 
for  graduation  is  to  be  computed  on  all 
courses  taken  by  the  student.  Grades  of  "E" 
are  counted  in  figuring  the  average  for  both 
probation  and  graduation.  In  the  case  of  re- 
peated courses  where  the  original  grade  was 
higher  than  "E,"  the  last  grade  received  shall 
be  used  in  computing  the  average.  Courses  in 
which  the  student  receives  credit  as  a  result 
of  special  or  proficiency  examinations  shall 
not  be  considered  in  computing  averages  either 
for  probation  or  graduation. 

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GRADUATION   WITH   HONORS 

Honors  awarded  to  superior  students  at  grad- 
uation are  designated,  after  the  degree  on  the 
diploma,  as  Honors,  High  Honors,  and  High- 
est Honors,  according  to  the  following  rules: 
(a)  For  the  degree  with  Honors,  the  student 
must  have  an  average  of  4.0  in  all  courses 
used  for  graduation;  (b)  for  the  degree  with 
High  Honors,  the  student  must  have  an  aver- 
age of  4.25  in  all  courses  counted  toward 
graduation  and  must  pass  a  comprehensive  ex- 
amination in  his  field  of  major  interest; 
(c)  for  the  degree  with  Highest  Honors,  the 
student  must  have  an  average  of  4.5  in  all 
courses  used  for  graduation  and  must  give 
evidence  of  exceptional  ability  in  passing  a 
comprehensive  examination  in  his  field  of 
major  interest.  (For  details  concerning  com- 
prehensive examinations,  consult  the  Asso- 
ciate Dean.) 


VOLUNTARY  WITHDRAWAL 
FROM  COURSES 

Any  student  who  wishes  to  cease  attendance 
in  a  course  for  which  he  has  registered  and 
which  he  has  not  completed  should  execute  a 
withdrawal  notice.  It  should  be  secured  and 
signed  in  the  office  of  the  Associate  Dean. 
Whether  withdrawal  shall  be  without  a  grade 
or  with  the  grade  of  ''E"  shall  be  left  to  the 
discretion  of  the  Associate  Dean. 


WITHDRAWAL  FROM  UNIVERSITY 

Any  student  who  wishes  to  withdraw  from 
the  University  should  execute  a  clearance 
notice.  It  can  be  secured  from  and  the  neces- 
sary procedure  explained  in  the  office  of  the 
Associate  Dean. 


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PROBATION 

If,  in  any  given  semester,  a  student  makes 
grades  below  the  level  required  for  graduation, 
he  is  placed  on  probation  for  the  following 
semester.  Probation  is  a  remedial  scholarship 
status  to  warn  the  student.  If,  during  a  se- 
mester he  is  on  probation,  he  fails  to  clear  him- 
self from  this  status,  he  will  be  dismissed  from 
the  University;  if  he  equals  or  exceeds  this 
level,  he  will  be  removed  from  probation. 
Those  students  who  hold  Agricultural,  Home 
Economics,  or  County  Scholarships  may  not 
use  them  while  on  probation. 

RULES  FOR   REMEDIAL  ACTION' 

I.    Admission  With  Scholarship  Deficiency 

A  student  who  enters  the  University  of  Illi- 
nois without  previous  college  experience  and 
who  was  in  the  lowest  quarter  of  the  high 
school  class  with  which  he  graduated  is  ad- 
mitted only  on  probation.  He  is  then  subject  to 
the  rules  for  remedial  action  as  stated  on  the 
following  pages  for  students  in  general. 

Any  student  who  transfers  from  another 
college  and  who  has  a  scholarship  deficiency 
as  reflected  in  low  grades  or  scholarship  pro- 
bation may  be  admitted  to  the  College  of  Agri- 
culture only  on  petition  approved  by  the  Asso- 
ciate Dean.  If  granted  admission,  the  student 
shall  be  on  probation,  the  terms  of  probation 
to  be  fixed  by  the  Associate  Dean. 

II.    Readmission 

Any  student  who  has  been  dropped  from, 
the  College  of  Agriculture  or  from  any  other 
school  or  college  for  scholarship  deficiency 
may   be   admitted    only   on    petition    approved 

^It  is  an  established  practice  of  the  College  of  Agri- 
culture to  send  the  student  written  notice  of  action 
under  Rules  1  to  9  and  to  mail  a  copy  of  such  notice 
to  the  parent  or  guardian. 

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by  the  Associate  Dean.  Conditions  of  the  pro- 
bation are  determined  by  him. 

ill.    Probation 

Rule  1.  Any  student  shall  be  on  probation 
for  the  next  semester  or  summer  term  for 
which  he  registers  if  he  fails  to  pass  at  least 
11  semester  hours  or,  if  enrolled  in  less  than 
11  semester  hours,  he  fails  to  pass  all  of  his 
courses.  (For  six  or  eight  weeks'  summer 
term,  substitute  six  semester  hours  for  11.) 

Rule  2.  Any  student  who  fails  to  attain  an 
average  of  3.0  shall  be  on  probation  for  the 
next  semester  or  summer  term  for  which  he 
registers. 

Rule  3.  (a)  If  at  the  end  of  a  semester  on 
probation  a  student's  average  for  the  semester 
is  3.0  or  above  and  he  has  passed  at  least  11 
semester  hours  or,  if  enrolled  in  less  than 
11  semester  hours  has  passed  all  courses  in 
which  enrolled,  he  shall  be  removed  from  pro- 
bation, (b)  If  at  the  end  of  a  summer  term 
on  probation  a  student's  average  for  eight  se- 
mester hours  is  a  3.0,  or  if  he  has  earned  a 
3.0  average  for  at  least  six  semester  hours  and 
has  an  all-University  average  of  3.0  or  higher, 
he  shall  be  removed  from  probation. 

Rule  4.  The  Associate  Dean  shall  have 
authority  to  waive  the  operation  of  the  above 
probation  rules  in  unusual  cases  in  which  these 
rules  would  be  unfair  to  the  student. 

IV.    Withdrawal  for  Scholarship  Deficiency 

Rule  5.  Any  student  who  fails  to  pass  at 
least  six  semester  hours  or,  if  registered  in 
less  than  six  semester  hours,  fails  to  pass  all 
his  courses,  may  register  again  in  the  College 
only   on   petition.^    (For    six    or    eight   weeks' 

^Petitions  for  readmission  after  failure  to  meet  estab- 
lished grade  requirements  should  be  addressed  to  the 
Associate  Dean.  Immediate  readmission  will  be  granted 
only  in  exceptional  cases  for  which  there  is  good  evi- 
dence that  the  cause  of  low  scholarship  has  been 
corrected. 

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Slimmer  term,  subslitiitc  llirce  semester  hours 
for  six.) 

Rule  6.  Any  student  on  probation  who  fails 
to  pass  at  least  11  semester  hours  or,  if  regis- 
tered in  less  than  11  semester  hours,  fails  to 
pass  all  his  courses,  may  register  again  in  the 
College  only  on  petition.*  (For  six  or  eight 
weeks'  summer  term  substitute  six  semester 
hours  for  11.) 

Rule  7.  Any  student  on  probation  who 
fails  to  attain  an  average  of  3.0  m.ay  register 
again  in  the  College  only  on  petition.* 

V.    Withdrawal  for  Failure  to 
Attend  Classes 

Rule  8.  Any  student  who  has  been  absent 
from  classes  in  a  particular  course  so  many 
times  as  to  make  further  continuance  in  the 
course  inadvisable,  may  be  withdrawn  from 
the  course  by  the  Associate  Dean  on  recom- 
mendation of  the  instructor  in  the  course. 
Whether  the  withdrawal  shall  be  without  a 
grade  or  with  a  grade  of  "E"  shall  be  left  to 
the  discretion  of  the  Associate  Dean. 

Rule  9.  Any  student  who  has  been  absent 
excessively  from  courses  totaling  half  or  more 
of  the  semester  hours  for  which  he  is  regis- 
tered may  be  reported  to  the  University  Com- 
mittee on  Student  Discipline  with  a  recom- 
mendation that  he  be  dropped  from  the 
University  for  failure  to  attend  classes.  Like 
action  may  be  taken  for  any  failure  to  comply 
with  College  or  University  requirements. 

^Petitions  for  readmission  after  failure  to  meet  estab- 
lished grade  requirements  should  be  addressed  to  the 
Associate  Dean.  Immediate  readmission  will  be  granted 
only  in  exceptional  cases  for  which  there  is  good  evi- 
dence that  the  cause  of  low  scholarship  has  been 
corrected. 


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UNIVERSITY   OF   ILLINOIS 
COLLEGE   OF   AGRICULTURE 


SCHOLASTIC 
REGULATIONS 

APPLYING  TO 

UNDERGRADUATE 
STUDENTS 


URBANA,  ILLINOIS   1953-1955 


CONTENTS 

Measures  of  College   Progress  3 

Program  of  Work  3 

Definition  of  Grades  4 

Grades  Required  for  Graduation  4 

Graduation  with   Honors  5 

Withdrawal  5 

Rules  for  Remedial  Action  6 

Probation  "  6 

Clearance  from   Probation  7 

Dismissal   for  Scholastic   Deficiency     8 

Readmission  8 


SCHOLASTIC 
REGULATIONS 

MEASURES   OF   COLLEGE   PROGRESS 

All  colleges  find  it  necessary  to  establish  stand- 
ards of  successful  performance.  Semester  hours 
and  grade  points  are  the  generally  accepted 
criteria  of  progress,  although  there  are  values 
in  college  life  which  are  not  so  measured. 

The  faculty  of  the  College  of  Agriculture 
has  approved  the  following  regulations  to  pro- 
vide recognition  for  superior  performance  and 
to  establish  remedial  action  in  cases  in  which 
the  level  of  performance  is  not  commensurate 
with  the  expenditure  of  time  and  money  by 
the  student  and  the  provision  of  facilities  and 
faculty  by  the  University. 

PROGRAM   OF   WORK 

A  normal  program  of  courses  consists  of  fifteen 
to  eighteen  semester  hours.  Permission  to  reg- 
ister for  more  than  eighteen  or  less  than  fifteen 
semester  hours  may  be  granted  by  the  Associate 
Dean.  (In  Home  Economics  the  head  of  the 
department  may  act  for  the  Associate  Dean.) 
Students  who  must  work  and  those  observing 
reduced  schedules  upon  the  advice  of  a  physi- 
cian should  take  fewer  than  fifteen  hours  a 
semester.  Only  students  who  have  demonstrated 
above-average  capacity  for  college  work  should 
take  more  than  eighteen  semester  hours.  Grad- 
uation from  agricultural  curricula  requires  130 
semester  hours  including  military  and  physical 
education  courses.    In  home  economics  curricula 


the  requirement  is  120  to  124  semester  hours, 
exclusive  of  basic  physical  education  courses. 

DEFINITION    OF   GRADES 

Grades  are:  A  =  excellent;  B  =  good; 
C  =  fair;  D  =  passing  but  not  satisfactory; 
E  =  failure;  W  =  withdrawn;  Ab  :=  absent; 
Dr=:  dropped  for  disciplinary  reasons  (com- 
puted as  an  "E"  in  the  grade  average);  and 
Ex  =  excused.  The  grade  of  "Ex"  indicates 
that  the  student  has  been  excused  from  the 
examination  by  the  Associate  Dean  and  may 
take  the  examination  and  complete  the  course 
during  the  next  regular  semester  for  which  he 
registers.  If  the  student  fails  to  complete  the 
course  during  the  semester  for  which  he  next 
registers,  the  grade  "Ex"  is  automatically 
changed  to  "E."  The  grade  "Ab"  indicates  an 
unexcused  absence  from  the  final  examination 
and  amounts  to  a  failure  unless  properly  cleared 
with  the  Associate  Dean. 

For  the  purpose  of  computing  averages,  the 
letter  grades  are  given  the  following  grade- 
point  value:  A  =  5;  B  =  4;  C  =  3;  D:=r2; 
E=l. 


GRADES   REQUIRED   FOR   GRADUATION 

A  minimum  average  of  3.0  for  graduation  shall 
be  required  of  all  students  entering  the  Uni- 
versity. The  average  for  graduation  is  com- 
puted on  all  courses  taken  by  the  student. 
Grades  of  "E"  are  counted  in  figuring  the 
average  for  both  probation  and  graduation.  In 
the  case  of  repeated  courses  where  the  original 
grade  was  higher  than  "E,"  the  last  grade  re- 
ceived shall  be  used  in  computing  the  average. 
Courses  in  which  the  student  receives  credit 
as  a  result  of  special  or  proficiency  examina- 
tions shall  not  be  considered  in  computing- 
averages  either  for  probation  or  graduation. 


GRADUATION   WITH   HONORS 

Honors  awarded  to  superior  students  at  gradu- 
ation shall  be  designated,  after  the  name  and 
the  degree  on  the  diploma,  as  Honors  and 
High  Honors.  For  the  degree  with  Honors,  the 
student  must  have  an  average  of  4.2  in  all 
courses  used  for  graduation;  for  the  degree 
with  High  Honors,  the  student  must  have  an 
average  of  4.5  in  all  courses  used  for  grad- 
uation. 


WITHDRAWAL 

Withdrawal  from  Courses.  Any  student  who 
wishes  to  withdraw  from  a  course  for  which  he 
has  registered  and  which  he  has  not  completed 
must  execute  a  withdrawal  notice.  It  can  be 
secured  and  signed  in  the  office  of  the  Associate 
Dean.  Whether  withdrawal  shall  be  without  a 
grade  or  with  the  grade  of  "E"  shall  be  left  to 
the  discretion  of  the  Associate  Dean. 

Any  student  who  has  been  absent  from 
classes  in  a  particular  course  so  many  times  as 
to  make  further  continuance  in  the  course  in- 
advisable, may  be  withdrawn  from  the  course 
by  the  Associate  Dean  on  recommendation  of 
the  instructor  in  the  course.  Whether  the  with- 
drawal shall  be  without  a  grade  or  with  a 
grade  of  "E"  shall  be  left  to  the  discretion  of 
the  Associate  Dean. 

Withdrawal  from  University.  Any  student 
who  wishes  to  withdraw  from  the  University 
should  obtain  clearance  papers  from  the  college 
office.  Failure  to  execute  official  withdrawal 
papers  will  result  in  grades  of  "Ab"  being  as- 
sessed at  the  end  of  the  semester. 

Any  student  who  has  been  absent  excessively 
from  courses  totaling  half  or  more  of  the  se- 
mester hours  for  which  he  is  registered  may  be 
reported  to  the  University  Committee  on  Stu- 
dent Discipline  with  a  recommendation  that  he 
be  dropped  from  the  University  for  failure  to 


attend  classes.  Like  action  may  be  taken  for 
any  failure  to  comply  with  College  or  Univer- 
sity requirements. 


RULES   FOR   REMEDIAL   ACTION' 
I.   Probation 

Admission  with  Scholastic  Deficiency 

A  student  who  enters  the  University  of  Illinois 
without  previous  college  experience  and  who 
was  in  the  lowest  quarter  of  his  high  school 
graduating  class  is  admitted  only  on  probation. 
He  is  then  subject  to  the  rules  for  remedial 
action  as  stated  on  the  following  pages  for 
students  in  general. 

Any  student  who  transfers  from  another  col- 
lege and  who  has  a  scholastic  deficiency  as 
reflected  in  low  grades  or  scholastic  probation 
may  be  admitted  to  the  College  of  Agriculture 
only  on  petition  approved  by  the  Associate 
Dean.  If  granted  admission,  the  student  shall 
be  on  probation,  the  terms  of  probation  to  be 
fixed  by  the  Associate  Dean. 

Probation  for  Scholastic  Deficiency 

If,  in  any  given  semester,  a  student  makes 
grades  below  the  level  required  for  graduation, 
he  is  placed  on  probation  for  the  following 
semester.  Probation  is  a  remedial  scholarship 
status  to  warn  the  student.  If,  during  a  se- 
mester he  is  on  probation,  he  fails  to  clear  him- 
self from  this  status,  he  will  be  dismissed  from 
the  University;  if  he  equals  or  exceeds  this 
level,    he    will    be    removed    from    probation. 


^  The  College  of  Agriculture  sends  the  student  written 
notice  of  action  taken  under  Rules  1  to  6  and  mails  a 
copy  of  such  notice  to  the  parent  or  guardian. 


Those  students  who  hold  Agricultural,  Home 
Economics,  or  County  Scholarships  may  not 
use  them  while  on  probation. 

Rule  1.  Any  student  shall  be  on  probation 
for  the  next  semester  or  summer  term  for 
which  he  registers  if  he  fails  to  pass  at  least 
eleven  semester  hours  or,  if  enrolled  in  less  than 
eleven  semester  hours,  he  fails  to  pass  all  of  his 
courses.  (For  six  or  eight  weeks'  summer  term, 
substitute  six  semester  hours  for  eleven.) 

Rule  2.  Any  student  who  fails  to  attain  an 
average  of  3.0  shall  be  on  probation  for  the 
next  semester  or  summer  term  for  which  he 
registers. 

Rule  3.  Summer  session  students  who  are  on 
probation  at  the  beginning  of  the  summer  term 
and  who  do  not  carry  sufficient  hours  to  clear 
probation  (see  Section  II)  may  be  continued 
on  probation  for  the  next  semester  in  which 
they  are  registered,  provided  they  are  not  sub- 
ject to  dismissal  rules  as  outlined  in  Section 
III. 

II.   Clearance  from  Probation 

The  Associate  Dean  shall  have  authority  to 
waive  the  operation  of  the  above  probation 
rules  in  unusual  cases  in  which  these  rules 
would  be  unfair  to  the  student. 

If  at  the  end  of  a  semester  on  probation  a 
student's  average  for  the  semester  is  3.0  or 
above  and  he  has  passed  at  least  eleven  semes- 
ter hours  or,  if  enrolled  in  less  than  eleven 
semester  hours,  has  passed  all  courses  in  which 
enrolled,  he  shall  be  removed  from  probation. 

If  at  the  end  of  a  summer  term  on  probation 
a  student's  average  for  eight  semester  hours  is 
3.0,  or  if  he  has  earned  a  3.0  average  for  at 
least  six  semester  hours  and  has  an  all-Univer- 
sity average  of  3.0  or  higher,  he  shall  be  re- 
moved from  probation. 


III.  Dismissal  for  Scholastic  Deficiency 

Rule  4.  Any  student  who  fails  to  pass  at 
least  six  semester  hours  or,  if  registered  in  less 
than  six  semester  hours,  fails  to  pass  all  his 
courses,  may  register  again  in  the  College  only 
on  petition.  (For  six  or  eight  weeks'  summer 
term,  substitute  three  semester  hours  for  six.) 

Rule  5.  Any  student  on  probation  who  fails 
to  pass  at  least  eleven  semester  hours  or,  if  reg- 
istered in  less  than  eleven  semester  hours,  fails 
to  pass  all  his  courses,  may  register  again  in 
the  College  only  on  petition.  (For  six  or  eight 
weeks'  summer  term  substitute  six  semester 
hours  for  eleven.) 

Rule  6.  Any  student  on  probation  who  fails 
to  attain  an  average  of  3.0  may  register  again 
in  the  College  only  on  petition. 

IV.  Readmission 

Any  student  who  has  been  dropped  from  the 
College  of  Agriculture  or  from  any  other  school 
or  college  for  scholastic  deficiency  may  be  re- 
admitted only  on  petition  approved  by  the 
Associate  Dean.  Immediate  readmission  will  be 
granted  only  in  exceptional  cases  for  which 
there  is  good  evidence  that  the  cause  of  low 
scholarship  has  been  corrected. 

Students  readmitted  on  probation  may  clear 
probation  by  satisfying  the  conditions  outlined 
under  Section  II,  unless  other  conditions  are 
specified  by  the  Associate  Dean. 


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ubrary 

SCHOLASTIC 
REGULATIONS 


applying  to  undergraduate  students 


UNIVERSITY  OF   ILLINOIS  COLLEGE   OF  AGRICULTURE 


URBANA,    ILLINOIS   1955-1957 


CONTENTS 

Measures  of  College  Progress  3 

Program  of  Work  3 

Definition  of  Grades  4 

Grades  Required  for  Graduation  4 

Graduation  with  Honors  5 

Withdrawal  5 

Rules  for  Remedial  Action  6 

Probation  6 

Clearance  from  Probation  7 

Dismissal   for  Scholastic  Deficiency     8 

Readmission  8 


REGULATIONS 


MEASURES   OF   COLLEGE   PROGRESS 

All  colleges  find  it  necessary  to  establish  stand- 
ards of  successful  performance.  Semester  hours 
and  grade  points  are  the  generally  accepted 
criteria  of  progress,  although  there  are  values 
in  college  life  which  are  not  so  measured. 

The  faculty  of  the  College  of  Agriculture 
has  approved  the  following  regulations  to  pro- 
vide recognition  for  superior  performance  and 
to  establish  remedial  action  in  cases  in  which 
the  level  of  performance  is  not  commensurate 
with  the  expenditure  of  time  and  money  by 
the  student  and  the  provision  of  facilities  and 
faculty  by  the  University. 


PROGRAM   OF  WORK 

A  normal  program  of  courses  consists  of  fifteen 
to  eighteen  semester  hours.  Permission  to  reg- 
ister for  more  than  eighteen  or  less  than  fifteen 
semester  hours  may  be  granted  by  the  Associate 
Dean.  (In  Home  Economics  the  head  of  the 
department  may  act  for  the  Associate  Dean.) 
Students  who  must  work  and  those  observing 
reduced  schedules  upon  the  advice  of  a  physi- 
cian should  take  fewer  than  fifteen  hours  a 
semester.  Only  students  who  have  demonstrated 
above-average  capacity  for  college  work  should 
take  more  than  eighteen  semester  hours.  Grad- 
uation from  agricultural  curricula  requires  130 
semester  hours  including  military  and  physical 
education  courses.    In  home  economics  curricula 


the  requirement  is  120  to  124  semester  hours, 
exclusive  of  basic  physical  education  courses. 

DEFINITION   OF   GRADES 

Grades  are:  A  =  excellent;  B  =  good; 
G  =  fair;  D  =  passing  but  not  satisfactory; 
E  =  failure ;  W  =  withdrawn ;  ab  =::  absent ; 
dr  r=  dropped  for  disciplinary  reasons  (com- 
puted as  an  *'E"  in  the  grade  average);  and 
ex  =  excused.  The  grade  of  "ex"  indicates 
that  the  student  has  been  excused  from  the 
examination  by  the  Associate  Dean  and  may 
take  the  examination  and  complete  the  course 
during  the  next  regular  semester  for  which  he 
registers.  If  the  student  fails  to  complete  the 
course  during  the  semester  for  which  he  next 
registers,  the  grade  "ex"  is  automatically 
changed  to  "E."  The  grade  "ab"  indicates  an 
unexcused  absence  from  the  final  examination 
and  amounts  to  a  failure  unless  properly  cleared 
with  the  Associate  Dean. 

For  the  purpose  of  computing  averages,  the 
letter  grades  are  given  the  following  grade- 
point  value:  A  =  5;  B=i4;  G  =  3;  D  =  2; 
E=l. 


GRADES   REQUIRED   FOR   GRADUATION 

A  minimum  average  of  3.0  for  graduation  shall 
be  required  of  all  students  entering  the  Uni- 
versity. The  average  for  graduation  is  com- 
puted on  all  courses  taken  by  the  student. 
Grades  of  "E"  are  counted  in  figuring  the 
average  for  both  probation  and  graduation.  In 
the  case  of  repeated  courses  where  the  original 
grade  was  higher  than  "E,"  the  last  grade  re- 
ceived shall  be  used  in  computing  the  average. 
Gourses  in  which  the  student  receives  credit 
as  a  result  of  special  or  proficiency  examina- 
tions shall  not  be  considered  in  computing 
averages  either  for  probation  or  graduation. 


GRADUATION    WITH    HONORS 

Honors  awarded  to  superior  students  at  gradu- 
ation shall  be  designated,  after  the  name  and 
the  degree  on  the  diploma,  as  Honors  and 
High  Honors.  For  the  degree  with  Honors,  the 
student  must  have  an  average  of  4.2  in  all 
courses  used  for  graduation;  for  the  degree 
with  High  Honors,  the  student  must  have  an 
average  of  4.5  in  all  courses  used  for  grad- 
uation. 


WITHDRAWAL 

Withdrawal  from  Courses 

Any  student  who  wishes  to  withdraw  from  a 
course  for  which  he  has  registered  and  which 
he  has  not  completed  must  execute  a  with- 
drawal notice.  It  can  be  secured  and  signed  in 
the  office  of  the  Associate  Dean.  Whether  with- 
drawal shall  be  without  a  grade  or  with  the 
grade  of  "E"  shall  be  left  to  the  discretion  of 
the  Associate  Dean. 

Any  student  who  has  been  absent  from 
classes  in  a  particular  course  so  many  times  as 
to  make  further  continuance  in  the  course  in- 
advisable, may  be  withdrawn  from  the  course 
by  the  Associate  Dean  on  recommendation  of 
the  instructor  in  the  course.  Whether  the  with- 
drawal shall  be  without  a  grade  or  with  a 
grade  of  "E''  shall  be  left  to  the  discretion  of 
the  Associate  Dean. 

Withdrawal  from  University 

Any  student  who  wishes  to  withdraw  from  the 
University  should  obtain  clearance  papers  from 
the  college  office.  Failure  to  execute  official 
withdrawal  papers  will  result  in  grades  of  "ab'' 
being  assessed  at  the  end  of  the  semester. 

Any  student  who  has  been  absent  excessively 
from  courses  totaling  half  or  more  of  the  se- 
mester hours  for  which  he  is  registered  may  be 
reported  to  the  University  Committee  on  Stu- 


dent  Discipline  with  a  recommendation  that  he 
be  dropped  from  the  University  for  failure  to 
attend  classes.  Like  action  may  be  taken  for 
any  failure  to  comply  with  College  or  Univer- 
sity requirements. 


RULES   FOR   REMEDIAL  ACTION' 
I.   Probation 

Admission  with  Scholastic  Deficiency 

A  student  who  enters  the  University  of  Illinois 
without  previous  college  experience  and  who 
was  in  the  lowest  quarter  of  his  high  school 
graduating  class  is  admitted  only  on  probation. 
He  is  then  subject  to  the  rules  for  remedial 
action  as  stated  on  the  following  pages  for 
students  in  general. 

Any  student  who  transfers  from  another  col- 
lege and  who  has  a  scholastic  deficiency  as 
reflected  in  low  grades  or  scholastic  probation 
may  be  admitted  to  the  College  of  Agriculture 
only  on  petition  approved  by  the  Associate 
Dean.  If  granted  admission,  the  student  shall 
be  on  probation,  the  terms  of  probation  to  be 
fixed  by  the  Associate  Dean. 

Probation   for  Scholastic  Deficiency 

If,  in  any  given  semester,  a  student  makes 
grades  below  the  level  required  for  graduation, 
he  is  placed  on  probation  for  the  following 
semester.  Probation  is  a  remedial  scholarship 
status  to  warn  the  student.  If,  during  a  se- 
mester he  is  on  probation,  he  fails  to  clear  him- 
self from  this  status,  he  will  be  dismissed  from 
the  University;  if  he  equals  or  exceeds  this 
level,    he    will    be    removed    from    probation. 


*  The  College  of  Agriculture  sends  the  student  written 
notice  of  action  taken  under  Rules  1  to  6  and  mails  a 
copy  of  such  notice  to  the  parent  or  guardian. 


Those  students  who  hold  agricultural  or  home 
economics  tuition  scholarships  may  not  use 
them  while  on  probation. 

Rule  1.  Any  student  shall  be  on  probation 
for  the  next  semester  or  summer  term  for 
which  he  registers  if  he  fails  to  pass  at  least 
eleven  semester  hours  or,  if  enrolled  in  eleven 
semester  hours  or  less,  he  fails  to  pass  all  of  his 
courses.  (For  six  or  eight  weeks'  summer  term, 
substitute  six  semester  hours  for  eleven.) 

Rule  2.  Any  student  who  fails  to  attain  an 
average  of  3.0  shall  be  on  probation  for  the 
next  semester  or  summer  term  for  which  he 
registers. 

Rule  3.  Summer  session  students  who  are  on 
probation  at  the  beginning  of  the  summer  term 
and  who  do  not  carry  sufficient  hours  to  clear 
probation  (see  Section  II)  may  be  continued 
on  probation  for  the  next  semester  in  which 
they  are  registered,  provided  they  are  not  sub- 
ject to  dismissal  rules  as  outlined  in  Section 
III. 


II.  Clearance  from  Probation 

The  Associate  Dean  shall  have  authority  to 
waive  the  operation  of  the  above  probation 
rules  in  unusual  cases  in  which  these  rules 
would  be  unfair  to  the  student. 

If  at  the  end  of  a  semester  on  probation  a 
student's  average  for  the  semester  is  3.0  or 
above  and  he  has  passed  at  least  eleven  semes- 
ter hours  or,  if  enrolled  in  eleven  semester 
hours  or  less,  has  passed  all  courses  in  which 
enrolled,  he  shall  be  removed  from  probation. 

If  at  the  end  of  a  summer  term  on  probation 
a  student's  average  for  eight  semester  hours  is 
3.0,  or  if  he  has  earned  a  3.0  average  for  at 
least  six  semester  hours  and  has  an  all-Univer- 
sity average  of  3.0  or  higher,  he  shall  be  re- 
moved from  probation. 


III.  Dismissal  for  Scholastic  Deficiency 

Rule  4.  Any  student  who  fails  to  pass  at 
It-ast  six  semester  hours  or,  if  registered  in  six 
semester  hours  or  less,  fails  to  pass  all  his 
courses,  may  register  again  in  the  College  only 
on  petition.  (For  six  or  eight  weeks'  summer 
term,  substitute  three  semester  hours  for  six.) 

Rule  5.  Any  student  on  probation  who  fails 
to  pass  at  least  eleven  semester  hours  or,  if  reg- 
istered in  eleven  semester  hours  or  less,  fails 
to  pass  all  his  courses,  may  register  again  in 
the  College  only  on  petition.  (For  six  or  eight 
weeks'  summer  term,  substitute  six  semester 
hours  for  eleven.) 

Rule  6.  Any  student  on  probation  who  fails 
to  attain  an  average  of  3.0  may  register  again 
in  the  College  only  on  petition. 

IV.  Readmission 

Any  student  who  has  been  dropped  from  the 
College  of  Agriculture  or  from  any  other  school 
or  college  for  scholastic  deficiency  may  be  re- 
admitted only  on  petition  approved  by  the 
Associate  Dean.  Immediate  readmission  will  be 
granted  only  in  exceptional  cases  for  which 
there  is  good  evidence  that  the  cause  of  low 
scholarship  has  been  corrected. 

Students  readmitted  on  probation  may  clear 
probation  by  satisfying  the  conditions  outlined 
under  Section  II,  unless  other  conditions  are 
specified  by  the  Associate  Dean. 


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C  X.IJL6JII 


SCHOLASTIC 
REGULATIONS 


applying  to  undergraduate  students 


UNIVERSITY  OF   ILLINOIS  COLLEGE  OF  AGRICULTURE 


URBANA,    ILLINOIS   1958-1960 


CONTENTS 

Measures  of  College  Progress  3 

Program  of  Work  3 

Definition  of  Grades  3 

Grades  Required  for  Graduation  4 

Graduation  with  Honors  5 

Withdrawal  5 

Rules  for  Remedial  Action  6 

Probation  6 

Probation  Continued  7 

Clearance  from  Probation  7 

Dismissal   for  Scholastic  Deficiency     8 

Readmission  8 


REGULATIONS 


MEASURES   OF   COLLEGE   PROGRESS 

All  colleges  find  it  necessary  to  establish  stand- 
ards of  successful  performance.  Semester  hours 
and  grade  points  are  the  generally  accepted 
criteria  of  progress,  although  there  are  values 
in  college  life  which  are  not  so  measured. 

The  faculty  of  the  College  of  Agriculture 
has  approved  the  following  regulations  to  pro- 
vide recognition  for  superior  performance  and 
to  establish  remedial  action  in  cases  in  which 
the  level  of  performance  is  not  commensurate 
with  the  expenditure  of  time  and  money  by 
the  student  and  the  provision  of  facilities  and 
faculty  by  the  University. 

PROGRAM  OF   WORK 

A  normal  program  of  courses  consists  of  fifteen 
to  eighteen  semester  hours.  Permission  to  reg- 
ister for  more  than  eighteen  or  less  than  fifteen 
semester  hours  may  be  granted  by  the  Associate 
Dean.  (In  Home  Economics  the  head  of  the 
department  may  act  for  the  Associate  Dean.) 
Students  who  must  work  and  those  observing 
reduced  schedules  upon  the  advice  of  a  physi- 
cian should  take  fewer  than  fifteen  hours  a 
semester.  Only  students  who  have  demonstrated 
above-average  capacity  for  college  work  should 
take  more  than  eighteen  semester  hours. 

DEFINITION   OF   GRADES 

Grades  are:  A  =  excellent;  B:=:good; 
C  =  fair;  D  =  passing  but  not  satisfactory; 
E  =:  failure ;  W  =:=  withdrawn ;  ab  =  absent ; 
dr  =  dropped  for  disciplinary  reasons  (com- 
puted as  an  "E"  in  the  grade  average);  and 
ex  =:  excused.  The  grade  of  "ex"  indicates 
that   the   student   has   been    excused   from    the 


examination  by  the  Associate  Dean  and  may 
take  the  examination  and  complete  the  course 
during  the  next  regular  semester  for  which  he 
registers.  If  the  student  fails  to  complete  the 
course  during  the  semester  for  which  he  next 
registers,  the  grade  "ex"  is  automatically 
changed  to  "E."  The  grade  "ab"  indicates  an 
unexcused  absence  from  the  final  examination 
and  amounts  to  a  failure  unless  properly  cleared 
with  the  Associate  Dean. 

For  the  purpose  of  computing  averages,  the 
letter  grades  are  given  the  following  grade- 
point    value:     A  ==5;    B=r4;    C  ==  3;    B:=^2; 

E=::l. 

GRADES   REQUIRED   FOR   GRADUATION 

Students  who  first  entered  the  University  of 
Illinois  between  October  1,  1947,  and  August 
1,  1956,  must  attain  a  grade-point  average  of 
not  less  than  3.0  ("C")  to  qualify  for  the  B.S. 
degree.  All  work  taken,  both  in  residence  and 
transferred,  is  included  in  the  computation  of 
grade  averages.  This  includes  grades  of  "E" 
(failure),  "ab"  (absent),  and  "dr"  (dropped). 
All  grades,  including  "E,"  "ab,"  or  "dr,"  always 
remain  in  the  over-all  average,  even  though  the 
student  repeats  the  course.  Grades  of  "ab"  and 
"dr"  are  equivalent  to  "E." 

Effective  August  1,  1956,  each  candidate  for 
graduation  must  have  an  average  of  not  less 
than  3.0,  including  grades  in  courses  transferred 
from  other  institutions,  and  he  must  have  an 
average  of  not  less  than  3.0  in  all  courses  taken 
at  the  University  of  Illinois.  Students  who 
transfer  work  after  August  1,  1956,  are  subject 
to  this  requirement  even  though  they  may 
originally  have  enrolled  in  the  University  of 
Illinois  prior  to  August  1,  1956.  When  a  course 
has  been  repeated,  both  the  original  and  subse- 
quent grades  are  included  in  the  average. 

For  those  students  who  enter  after  September 
1,  1958,  grades  earned  in  physical  education 
shall  not  be  considered  in  computing  averages 
cither  for  probation  or  graduation. 


Courses  in  which  the  student  receives  credit 
as  a  result  of  special  or  proficiency  examina- 
tions shall  not  be  considered  in  computing 
averages  either  for  probation  or  graduation. 

GRADUATION   WITH   HONORS 

Honors  awarded  to  superior  students  at  gradu- 
ation shall  be  designated,  after  the  name  and 
the  degree  on  the  diploma,  as  Honors  and 
High  Honors.  For  the  degree  with  Honors,  the 
student  must  have  an  average  of  4.2  in  all 
courses  used  for  graduation;  for  the  degree 
with  High  Honors,  the  student  must  have  an 
average  of  4.5  in  all  courses  used  for  grad- 
uation. 

WITHDRAWAL 
Withdrawal  from  Courses 

Any  student  who  wishes  to  withdraw  from  a 
course  for  which  he  has  registered  and  which 
he  has  not  completed  must  execute  a  with- 
drawal notice.  It  can  be  secured  and  signed  in 
the  office  of  the  Associate  Dean.  Whether  with- 
drawal shall  be  without  a  grade  or  with  the 
grade  of  "E"  shall  be  left  to  the  discretion  of 
the  Associate  Dean. 

Any  student  who  has  been  absent  from 
classes  in  a  particular  course  so  many  times  as 
to  make  further  continuance  in  the  course  in- 
advisable, may  be  withdrawn  from  the  course 
by  the  Associate  Dean  on  recommendation  of 
the  instructor  in  the  course.  Whether  the  with- 
drawal shall  be  without  a  grade  or  with  a 
grade  of  "E"  shall  be  left  to  the  discretion  of 
the  Associate  Dean. 

Withdrawal  from  University 

Any  student  who  wishes  to  withdraw  from  the 
University  should  obtain  clearance  papers  from 
the  college  office.  Failure  to  execute  official 
withdrawal  papers  will  result  in  grades  of  "ab" 
being  assessed  at  the  end  of  the  semester. 

Any  student  who  has  been  absent  excessively 
from  courses  totaling  half  or  more  of  the  se- 


mester  hours  for  which  he  is  registered  may  be 
reported  to  the  University  Committee  on  Stu- 
dent Discipline  with  a  recommendation  that  he 
be  dropped  from  the  University  for  failure  to 
attend  classes.  Like  action  m.ay  be  taken  for 
any  failure  to  comply  with  College  or  Univer- 
sity requirements. 

RULES   FOR   REMEDIAL  ACTION' 

I.   Probation 

Admission  with  Schofastic  Deficiency 
A  student  who  enters  the  University  of  Illinois 
without  previous  college  experience  and  who 
was  in  the  lowest  quarter  of  his  high  school 
graduating  class  is  admitted  only  on  probation. 
He  is  then  subject  to  the  rules  for  remedial 
action  as  stated  on  the  following  pages  for 
students  in  general. 

Any  student  who  transfers  from  another  col- 
lege and  who  has  a  scholastic  deficiency  as 
reflected  in  low  grades  or  scholastic  probation 
may  be  admitted  to  the  College  of  Agriculture 
only  on  petition  approved  by  the  Associate 
Dean.  If  granted  admission,  the  student  shall 
be  on  probation,  the  terms  of  probation  to  be 
fixed  by  the  Associate  Dean. 

Probation  for  Scholastic  Deficiency 
If,  in  any  given  semester,  a  student  makes 
grades  below  the  level  required  for  graduation, 
he  is  placed  on  probation  for  the  following 
semester.  Probation  is  a  remedial  scholarship 
status  to  warn  the  student.  If,  during  a  se- 
mester he  is  on  probation,  he  fails  to  clear  him- 
self from  this  status,  he  will  be  dismissed  from 
the  University;  if  he  equals  or  exceeds  this 
level,  he  will  be  removed  from  probation. 
Those  students  who  hold  agricultural  or  home 
economics  tuition  scholarships  may  not  use 
them  while  on  probation. 

^  The  College  of  Agriculture  sends  the  student  written 
notice  of  action  taken  under  Rules  1  to  7  and  mails  a 
copy  of  such  notice  to  the  parent  or  guardian. 


Rule  1.  Any  student  shall  be  on  probation 
for  the  next  semester  or  summer  term  for 
which  he  registers  if  he  fails  to  pass  at  least 
eleven  semester  hours  or,  if  enrolled  in  eleven 
semester  hours  or  less,  he  fails  to  pass  all  of  his 
courses.  (For  six  or  eight  weeks'  summer  term, 
substitute  six  semester  hours  for  eleven.) 

Rule  2.  Any  student  who  fails  to  attain  an 
average  of  3.0  shall  be  on  probation  for  the 
next  semester  or  summer  term  for  which  he 
registers. 

Rule  3.  Summer  session  students  who  are  on 
probation  at  the  beginning  of  the  summer  term 
and  who  do  not  carry  sufficient  hours  to  clear 
probation  (see  Section  III)  may  be  continued 
on  probation  for  the  next  semester  in  which 
they  are  registered,  provided  they  are  not  sub- 
ject to  dismissal  rules  as  outlined  in  Section  IV. 

II.  Probation  Continued 

Rule  4.  Any  student  who  has  sixty  hours  or 
more  of  college  credit,  and  whose  over-all  aver- 
age is  less  than  3.0,  will  remain  on  probation 
until  his  over-all  average  is  at  least  3.0,  or  until 
removed  from  probation  at  the  discretion  of 
the  Associate  Dean. 

This  rule  may  be  applied  even  though  the 
student  has  passed  eleven  hours  and  earned  a 
3.0  average  for  the  semester  just  completed.  It 
may  not  be  used  if  the  student  is  subject  to  dis- 
missal for  scholastic  deficiency  under  Rules  5, 
6,  or  7. 

III.  Clearance  from  Probation 

The  Associate  Dean  shall  have  authority  to 
waive  the  operation  of  the  above  probation 
rules  in  unusual  cases  in  which  these  rules 
would  be  unfair  to  the  student. 

If  at  the  end  of  a  semester  on  probation  a 
student's  average  for  the  semester  is  3.0  or 
above  and  he  has  passed  at  least  eleven  semes- 
ter hours  or,  if  enrolled  in  eleven  semester 
hours  or  less,  has  passed  all  courses  in  which 


enrolled,  he  shall  be  removed  from  probation. 
Students  with  sixty  or  more  hours  must  also 
have  an  over-all  average  of  3.0  to  be  removed 
from  probation. 

If  at  the  end  of  a  summer  term  on  probation 
a  student's  average  for  at  least  six  semester 
hours  is  3.0,  and  he  has  an  all-University  aver- 
age of  3.0  or  higher,  he  shall  be  removed  from 
probation. 

IV.  Dismissal  for  Scholastic  Deficiency 

Rule  5.  Any  student  who  fails  to  pass  at 
least  six  semester  hours  or,  if  registered  in  six 
semester  hours  or  less,  fails  to  pass  all  his 
courses,  may  register  again  in  the  College  only 
on  petition.  (For  six  or  eight  weeks'  summer 
term,  substitute  three  semester  hours  for  six.) 

Rule  6.  Any  student  on  probation  who  fails 
to  pass  at  least  eleven  semester  hours  or,  if  reg- 
istered in  eleven  semester  hours  or  less,  fails 
to  pass  all  his  courses,  may  register  again  in 
the  College  only  on  petition.  (For  six  or  eight 
weeks'  summer  term,  substitute  six  semester 
hours  for  eleven.) 

Rule  7.  Any  student  on  probation  who  fails 
to  attain  an  average  of  3.0  may  register  again 
in  the  College  only  on  petition. 

V.  Readmission 

Any  student  who  has  been  dropped  from  the 
College  of  Agriculture  or  from  any  other  school 
or  college  for  scholastic  deficiency  may  be  re- 
admitted only  on  petition  approved  by  the 
Associate  Dean  and  on  conditions  prescribed 
by  him.  Immediate  readmission  will  be  granted 
only  in  exceptional  cases  for  which  there  is 
good  evidence  that  the  cause  of  low  scholarship 
has  been  corrected. 

Students  readmitted  on  probation  or  con- 
tinued on  probation  may  clear  probation  by 
satisfying  the  conditions  outlined  under  Sec- 
tions II  and  III,  unless  other  conditions  are 
specified  by  the  Associate  Dean. 


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LilBRARY 


SCHOLASTIC 
REGULATIONS 


applying  to  undergraduate  students 


UNIVERSITY  OF^INOIS  COLLEGE  OF  AGRICULTURE 


URBANA,   ILLINOIS   1960-1962 


CONTENTS 

Measures  of  College  Progress  3 

Program  of  Work  3 

Definition  of  Grades  3 

Grades  Required  for  Graduation  4 

Graduation  with  Honors  5 

Withdrawal  5 

Rules  for  Remedial  Action  6 

Probation  6 

Probation   Continued    ^  7 

Clearance  from  Probation  7 

Dismissal   for  Scholastic   Deficiency     8 

Readmission  8 


SCHOLASTIC 
REGULATIONS 

MEASURES   OF   COLLEGE   PROGRESS 

All  colleges  find  it  necessary  to  establish  stand- 
ards of  successful  performance.  Semester  hours 
and  grade  points  are  the  generally  accepted 
criteria  of  progress,  although  there  are  values 
in  college  life  which  are  not  so  measured. 

The  faculty  of  the  College  of  Agriculture 
has  approved  the  following  regulations  to  pro- 
vide recognition  for  superior  performance  and 
to  establish  remedial  action  in  cases  in  which 
the  level  of  performance  is  not  commensurate 
with  the  expenditure  of  time  and  money  by 
the  student  and  the  provision  of  facilities  and 
faculty  by  the  University. 

PROGRAM  OF  WORK 

A  normal  program  of  courses  consists  of  fifteen 
to  eighteen  semester  hours.  Permission  to  reg- 
ister for  more  than  eighteen  or  less  than  fifteen 
semester  hours  may  be  granted  by  the  Associate 
Dean.  (In  Home  Economics  the  head  of  the 
department  may  act  for  the  Associate  Dean.) 
Students  who  must  work  and  those  observing 
reduced  schedules  upon  the  advice  of  a  physi- 
cian should  take  fewer  than  fifteen  hours  a 
semester.  Only  students  who  have  demonstrated 
above-average  capacity  for  college  work  should 
take  more  than  eighteen  semester  hours. 

DEFINITION   OF   GRADES 

Grades  are:  A  =  excellent;  B  =  good; 
C  =  fair;  D  :=  passing  but  not  satisfactory; 
E  =  failure ;  W  =  withdrawn ;  ab  =  absent ; 
dr  =  dropped  for  disciplinary  reasons  (com- 
puted as  an  *'E"  in  the  grade  average);  and 
ex  =  excused.  The  grade  of  "ex"  indicates 
that   the   student   has   been    excused   from    the 


examination  by  the  Associate  Dean  and  may 
take  the  examination  and  complete  the  course 
during  the  next  regular  semester  for  which  he 
registers.  If  the  student  fails  to  complete  the 
course  during  the  semester  for  which  he  next 
registers,  the  grade  "ex"  is  automatically 
changed  to  *'E."  The  grade  "ab"  indicates  an 
unexcused  absence  from  the  final  examination 
and  amounts  to  a  failure  unless  properly  cleared 
with  the  Associate  Dean. 

For  the  purpose  of  computing  averages,  the 
letter  grades  are  given  the  following  grade- 
point  value:  A  =  5;  3^=4;  G  =:  3;  D  =  2; 
E=l. 

GRADES  REQUIRED   FOR  GRADUATION 

Students  who  first  entered  the  University  of 
Illinois  between  October  1,  1947,  and  August 
1,  1956,  must  attain  a  grade-point  average  of 
not  less  than  3.0  ("C")  to  qualify  for  the  B.S. 
degree.  All  work  taken,  both  in  residence  and 
transferred,  is  included  in  the  computation  of 
grade  averages.  This  includes  grades  of  "E" 
(failure),  *'ab"  (absent),  and  "dr"  (dropped). 
AH  grades,  including  "E,"  "ab,"  or  "dr,"  always 
remain  in  the  over-all  average,  even  though  the 
student  repeats  the  course.  Grades  of  "ab"  and 
"dr"  are  equivalent  to  "E." 

Effective  August  1,  1956,  each  candidate  for 
graduation  must  have  an  average  of  not  less 
than  3.0,  including  grades  in  courses  transferred 
from  other  institutions,  and  he  must  have  an 
average  of  not  less  than  3.0  in  all  courses  taken 
at  the  University  of  Illinois.  Students  who 
transfer  work  after  August  1,  1956,  are  subject 
to  this  requirement  even  though  they  may 
originally  have  enrolled  in  the  University  of 
Illinois  prior  to  August  1,  1956.  When  a  course 
has  been  repeated,  both  the  original  and  subse- 
quent grades  are  included  in  the  average. 

For  those  students  who  enter  after  September 
1,  1958,  grades  earned  in  physical  education 
shall  not  be  considered  in  computing  averages 
either  for  probation  or  graduation. 


Courses  in  which  the  student  receives  credit 
as  a  result  of  special  or  proficiency  examina- 
tions shall  not  be  considered  in  computing 
averages  either  for  probation  or  graduation. 

GRADUATION   WITH   HONORS 

Honors  awarded  to  superior  students  at  gradu- 
ation shall  be  designated,  after  the  name  and 
the  degree  on  the  diploma,  as  Honors  and 
High  Honors.  For  the  degree  with  Honors,  the 
student  must  have  an  average  of  4.2  in  all 
courses  used  for  graduation;  for  the  degree 
with  High  Honors,  the  student  must  have  an 
average  of  4.5  in  all  courses  used  for  grad- 
uation. 

WITHDRAWAL 
Withdrawal  from  Courses 

Any  student  who  wishes  to  withdraw  from  a 
course  for  which  he  has  registered  and  which 
he  has  not  completed  must  execute  a  with- 
drawal notice.  It  can  be  secured  and  signed  in 
the  office  of  the  Associate  Dean.  Whether  with- 
drawal shall  be  without  a  grade  or  with  the 
grade  of  "E"  shall  be  left  to  the  discretion  of 
the  Associate  Dean. 

Any  student  who  has  been  absent  from 
classes  in  a  particular  course  so  many  times  as 
to  make  further  continuance  in  the  course  in- 
advisable, may  be  withdrawn  from  the  course 
by  the  Associate  Dean  on  recommendation  of 
the  instructor  in  the  course.  Whether  the  with- 
drawal shall  be  without  a  grade  or  with  a 
grade  of  "E"  shall  be  left  to  the  discretion  of 
the  Associate  Dean. 

Withdrawal  from  University 

Any  student  who  wishes  to  withdraw  from  the 
University  should  obtain  clearance  papers  from 
the  college  office.  Failure  to  execute  official 
withdrawal  papers  will  result  in  grades  of  "ab" 
being  assessed  at  the  end  of  the  semester. 

Any  student  who  has  been  absent  excessively 
from  courses  totaling  half  or  more  of  the  se- 


mester  hours  for  which  he  is  registered  may  be 
reported  to  the  University  Committee  on  Stu- 
dent Discipline  with  a  recommendation  that  he 
be  dropped  from  the  University  for  failure  to 
attend  classes.  Like  action  may  be  taken  for 
any  failure  to  comply  with  College  or  Univer- 
sity requirements. 

RULES   FOR   REMEDIAL  ACTION' 
I.  Probation 

Admission  with  Scholastic  Deficiency 

A  student  who  enters  the  University  of  Illinois 
without  previous  college  experience  and  who 
was  in  the  lowest  quarter  of  his  high  school 
graduating  class  is  admitted  only  on  probation. 
He  is  then  subject  to  the  rules  for  remedial 
action  as  stated  on  the  following  pages  for 
students  in  general. 

Any  student  who  transfers  from  another  col- 
lege and  who  has  a  scholastic  deficiency  as 
reflected  in  low  grades  or  scholastic  probation 
may  be  admitted  to  the  College  of  Agriculture 
only  on  petition  approved  by  the  Associate 
Dean.  If  granted  admission,  the  student  shall 
be  on  probation,  the  terms  of  probation  to  be 
fixed  by  the  Associate  Dean. 

Probation  for  Scholastic  Deficiency 
If,  in  any  given  semester,  a  student  makes 
grades  below  the  level  required  for  graduation, 
he  is  placed  on  probation  for  the  following 
semester.  Probation  is  a  remedial  scholarship 
status  to  warn  the  student.  If,  during  a  se- 
mester he  is  on  probation,  he  fails  to  clear  him- 
self from  this  status,  he  will  be  dismissed  from 
the  University;  if  he  equals  or  exceeds  this 
level,  he  will  be  removed  from  probation. 
Those  students  who  hold  agricultural  or  home 
economics  tuition  scholarships  may  not  use 
them  while  on  probation. 

-  The  College  of  Agriculture  sends  the  student  written 
notice  of  action  taken  under  Rules  1  to  7  and  malls  a 
copy  of  such  notice  to  the  parent  or  guardian. 


Rule  1.  Any  student  shall  be  on  probation 
for  the  next  semester  or  summer  term  for 
which  he  registers  if  he  fails  to  pass  at  least 
eleven  semester  hours  or,  if  enrolled  in  eleven 
semester  hours  or  less,  he  fails  to  pass  all  of  his 
courses.  (For  six  or  eight  weeks'  summer  term, 
substitute  six  semester  hours  for  eleven.) 

Rule  2.  Any  student  who  fails  to  attain  an 
average  of  3.0  shall  be  on  probation  for  the 
next  semester  or  summer  term  for  which  he 
registers. 

Rule  3.  Summer  session  students  who  are  on 
probation  at  the  beginning  of  the  summer  term 
and  who  do  not  carry  sufficient  hours  to  clear 
probation  (see  Section  III)  may  be  continued 
on  probation  for  the  next  semester  in  which 
they  are  registered,  provided  they  are  not  sub- 
ject to  dismissal  rules  as  outlined  in  Section  IV. 

II.  Probation  Continued 

Rule  4.  Any  student  who  has  sixty  hours  or 
more  of  college  credit,  and  whose  over-all  aver- 
age is  less  than  3.0,  will  remain  on  probation 
until  his  over-all  average  is  at  least  3.0,  or  until 
removed  from  probation  at  the  discretion  of 
the  Associate  Dean. 

This  rule  may  be  applied  even  though  the 
student  has  passed  eleven  hours  and  earned  a 
3.0  average  for  the  semester  just  completed.  It 
may  not  be  used  if  the  student  is  subject  to  dis- 
missal for  scholastic  deficiency  under  Rules  5, 
6,  or  7. 

III.  Clearance  from  Probation 

The  Associate  Dean  shall  have  authority  to 
waive  the  operation  of  the  above  probation 
rules  in  unusual  cases  in  which  these  rules 
would  be  unfair  to  the  student. 

If  at  the  end  of  a  semester  on  probation  a 
student  has  met  or  exceeded  the  minimum  con- 
ditions of  his  probation,  he  shall  be  removed 
from    probation.     Students   with   sixty   or   more 


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hours  must  also  have  an  over-all  average  of  3.0 
to  be  removed  from  probation. 

If  at  the  end  of  a  summer  term  on  probation 
a  student's  average  for  at  least  six  semester 
hours  is  3.0,  and  he  has  an  all-University  aver- 
age of  3.0  or  higher,  he  shall  be  removed  from 
probation. 

IV.  Dismtssai  for  Scholastic  Deficiency 

Rule  5.  Any  student  who  fails  to  pass  at 
least  six  semester  hours  or,  if  registered  in  six 
semester  hours  or  less,  fails  to  pass  all  his 
courses,  may  register  again  in  the  College  only 
on  petition.  (For  six  or  eight  w^eeks'  summer 
term,  substitute  three  semester  hours  for  six.) 

Rule  6.  Any  student  on  probation  who  fails 
to  pass  at  least  eleven  semester  hours  or,  if  reg- 
istered in  eleven  semester  hours  or  less,  fails 
to  pass  all  his  courses,  may  register  again  in 
the  College  only  on  petition.  (For  six  or  eight 
weeks'  summer  term,  substitute  six  semester 
hours  for  eleven.) 

Rule  7.  Any  student  on  probation  who  fails 
to  attain  an  average  of  3.0  may  register  again 
in  the  College  only  on  petition. 

V.  ReacJmission 

Any  student  who  has  been  dropped  from  the 
College  of  Agriculture  or  from  any  other  school 
or  college  for  scholastic  deficiency  may  be  re- 
admitted only  on  petition  approved  by  the 
Associate  Dean  and  on  conditions  prescribed 
by  him.  Immediate  readmission  will  be  granted 
only  in  exceptional  cases  for  which  there  is 
good  evidence  that  the  cause  of  low  scholarship 
has  been  corrected. 

Students  readmitted  on  probation  or  con- 
tinued on  probation  may  clear  probation  by 
satisfying  the  conditions  outlined  under  Sec- 
tions II  and  III,  unless  other  conditions  are 
specified  by  the  Associate  Dean. 


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